Quotes from Abigail Pogrebin

It's a clear snapshot of how we hold both the ending and the beginning in the same moment, not to mention that the ending never ends.

Simchat Torah (rejoicing of the Torah) marks the day we complete the Torah and start it all over again. The last verses of the last book (Deuteronomy) are read, followed by the first verses of the first book (Genesis). It's a clear snapshot of how we hold both the ending and the beginning in the same moment, not to mention that the ending never ends.

brief encounter with having less, to honor the people losing more.

This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation, by the late rabbi Alan Lew,

Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "A religious person is one who suffers harm done to others . . . whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.